The National Investigation Agency on Monday intensified its crackdown on the banned Jamaat-e-Islami network in the Kashmir Valley by conducting multiple raids linked to an ongoing terror-funding investigation.
The searches were carried out across locations in Srinagar district and Shopian district, where investigators reportedly recovered financial records, electronic devices, and other documents believed to be connected to the activities of Jamaat-e-Islami and its affiliated organisations and trusts operating in the region.
According to official sources, one of the key locations searched by the NIA was Darul Uloom Sirajul Uloom, a school located in the Imam Sahib area of Shopian district that had recently been declared an “illegal entity” last month.
The agency also raided the residence of former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shahzada Aurangzeb in the Molu Chitragam area of Shopian.
Another operation was conducted at Jamiat ul Banaat, a religious educational institution for girls situated in the Lal Bazar locality of Srinagar.
The searches form part of a broader NIA investigation into alleged separatist and secessionist activities linked to Jamaat-e-Islami, which has been declared an unlawful association under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.
According to the NIA, investigations conducted so far indicate that the organisation allegedly operated a structured terror-funding network by collecting money both within India and from international sources.
The agency alleged that funds were raised under the guise of donations for charitable, educational, and welfare-related activities such as healthcare and schooling.
However, investigators claim that portions of these funds were subsequently diverted toward violent activities, separatist operations, and support for banned terror organisations operating in Jammu and Kashmir.
The NIA specifically alleged that money collected through these channels was routed to Hizbul Mujahideen and other terror-linked networks through organised cadre systems associated with Jamaat-e-Islami.
In its statement, the agency further claimed that the network was involved in radicalising and recruiting young people in Kashmir into the organisation.
Investigators alleged that impressionable Kashmiri youth were inducted as “Rukuns”, or formal members, as part of a larger strategy aimed at sustaining separatist activities and strengthening the organisation’s grassroots structure in the Valley.
According to officials, the probe is focused not only on financial transactions but also on the organisational ecosystem allegedly used to support extremist and secessionist activities in Jammu and Kashmir over a prolonged period.
The NIA stated that the investigation remains ongoing and that efforts are continuing to dismantle what it described as a broader terror-support and separatist infrastructure linked to the banned organisation.
The raids are part of the Centre’s wider security and counter-terror operations in Jammu and Kashmir aimed at curbing terror financing, extremist recruitment networks and organisations accused of supporting separatist agendas in the region.
